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about the elderly alleged gunman. the medical debt crisis in america. more than 100 million americans are affected. what you can do to protect yourself. two men arrested after allegedly harassing a black teen and destroying the car he was driving. tonight, the new video. watergate 50 years later. cbs news looks back on the scandal that led to the downfall of a president. and "on the road" at a high school graduation that included cheers, diplomas, and plenty of tears. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to and thank you for joining us on this friday night. as we come on the air tonight, the state department is scrambling for information on three americans who have gone missing in the war in ukraine. their families are anxiously awaiting any news. all three served in the u.s. military and traveled into the war zone to help the ukrainians

fight the russians. well, today, russian media showed video of two of the men, alexander drueke and andy huynh, apparently in russian custody. but tonight, we're not going to play the audio on this video so as not to play into any propaganda. the pair vanished about a week ago in eastern ukraine, where the fighting has been brutal. russian forces are out to crush ukrainian resistance and take control of the entire donbas region. well, today, president biden says the u.s. doesn't know where the two men are and said americans should stay out of ukraine. there's a lot to get to this evening. cbs' chris livesay is going to lead us off tonight from ukraine. good evening, chris. >> reporter: good evening, norah. the kremlin says it doesn't know anything about american prisoners in russia, but members of their squadron tell us images of them in russian hands are undeniably real. they're alive, but in russian custody and forced to speak russian. a member of their squad tells cbs news they are 100% certain

the video and this photo are real, all circulating in russian media. >> it's his body language. it's his voice. >> reporter: we spoke to the mother of alex drueke. >> it sounds like him. it looks like him. but he did stress that if there was ever a video shown of him to not believe anything that he said, to know that he was being coerced into saying what they wanted put out. >> reporter: cbs news spoke to another american who says heicae fought alongside drueke and andy huynh. he asked not to be identified. >> we knew that by going over there and serving for the government of ukraine, that little-to-no protections would be extended to us, and that the united states government would be powerless to help us. >> reporter: it may be ukraine's war... >> wooo! dude, that was right behind you. >> reporter: but more and more americans are fighting in it. now a third american fighter has gone missing on the front lines. retired marine captain grady

kurpasi, a 20-year veteran, reportedly disappeared after taking small arms fire in the kherson region. for those captured, their fate rests in the hands of russia, where lawmakers are already discussing the death penalty. if you could say anything to the people who he's with right now, what would you say? >> to treat both of the boys in humane-- give them humane treatment, and... and just, you know, take care of them. >> reporter: now, a member of their squadron tells us drueke and huynh fired on a russian vehicle the night they disappeared. that act, he says, was nothing short of heroic, and probably saved the lives of everyone else there. norah. >> o'donnell: chris livesay, thank you. well, today, in alabama, we learned the sad news that a third person has died following a church shooting near birmingham, and we're learning more about the elderly suspect charged with capital murder.

he's also a licensed firearm dealer. here's cbs' mark strassmann. here's cbs' mark strassmann. >> active shooter incident with >> reporter: gunshots at a thursday evening potluck supper, mostly seniors sharing fellowship at st. stephen's episcopal church outside birmingham. >> an occasional attendee of the church, that i will only identify as a white male, was at the dinner. at some point, he produced a handgun and began shooting, striking three victims. >> reporter: local news reports say a visitor calling himself "mr. smith" sat alone. longtime church member walter "bart" rainey invited him to join the group. smith declined and later suddenly started firing a handgun. among those killed, the 84-year- old rainey, 75-year-old sarah yeager, and 84-year-old jane pounds, who died from her wounds today. suspect robert findlay smith was stopped when another church member hit him with a chair.

>> the person that subdued him is a hero. >> reporter: coincidentally, today is the seventh anniversary of the mother emmanuel church shooting in charleston, south carolina. in a racist rampage, dylann roof killed nine prisoners meeting in fellowship. the f.b.i. reports active shooter incidents jumped more than 50% last year from 2020, and almost 100% since 2017. public records list the suspect as a master gunsmith. not only is he in custody, but investigators have begun to search his home. they're hoping it will help explain this latest unthinkable moment of american gun violence. norah. >> o'donnell: unthinkable is right. mark strassmann, thank you. tonight we got a taste of whatk. tonight we got a another presidential run by donald trump would look like as he used a speech at a pro-faith event to bitterly denounce the january 6 investigation and mock his enemies. the former president denied

calling mike pence a wimp and surprised many when he suggested that he would pardon the more than 800 rioters who have been charged for storming the u.s. capitol. cbs' scott macfarlane has the new details. >> reporter: president trump, who was furious with the testimony of his former aides at thursday's january 6 hearing, today took on defending the riotous mob that stormed the capitol, saying he'd free them if he returns to the white house. >> and if i become president some day, if i decide to do it, i will be looking at them very, very seriously for pardons, very, very seriously. >> reporter: the january 6 committee accused trump of inflaming the crowd and putting the then-vice president's life in danger after he refused trump's request to block certification of the election. despite being told it was illegal, trump still believes pence should have done it. >> mike did not have the courage to act. >> reporter: pence, a potential rival of trump's in 2024, stood by his decision. >> i'll always believe that i did my duty that day.

>> reporter: the former president spent much of the afternoon rewriting history. the attack on the capitol led to five deaths. he claimed that wasn't true, except for rioter ashli babbitt, part of the mob trying to break into the house chamber. >> nobody was killed, except for a wonderful young woman named ashli babbitt, who was viciously shot and in my opinion, for absolutely no reason, by a police officer. >> reporter: trump even claimed the crowd was unarmed. >> there were no guns. i heard they didn't have one gun. >> reporter: just today, an indiana man admitted in court he carried a gun on the capitol grounds. trump used the phrase "insurrection hoax" to describe an attack that injured nearly 140 police officers and preceded a series of suicides by responding officers. a source close to the former president says trump's anger at the house hearings is prodding trump to run again. norah. >> o'donnell: scott, thank you.

let's turn now to the travel chaos heading into the holiday weekend. airlines have canceled more than 3,000 flights and delayed another 14,000 more in the u.s. over the last two days as the summer travel season kicks into high gear. pack your patience as long lines and hours-long delays are the norm in both airports here at home and around the world. weather and staff shortages are the main cause. cbs' errol barnette is at newark where a quarter of the flights were delayed today. >> very irritated. ready to get on a plane and get to my final destination. >> reporter: from long lines at laguardia, cancellation boards in boston, some fliers are experiencing a painful start to the long weekend. >> i sat with four hours on the runway here. >> we have been at various airports today for over 12 hours. >> reporter: since thursday, more than 3,000 u.s. flights have been canceled, mostly due to weather, dwarfing the 2,700 cut over memorial day weekend. >> we were supposed to go to

london for a trip for my wife and i, and now the trip is getting cut short. >> reporter: travelers in europe are also suffering with mass cancellation plaguing fliers at london's gatwick and amsterdam's schipol airports which implemented limits on traffic. >> staffing for pilots is a major factor. >> reporter: henry harteveldt said stateside it may be months before things improve. >> i do believe that the airlines will be better staffed by the end of the year. >> reporter: transportationr. >> reporter: transportation secretary pete buttigieg called a meeting with airline c.e.o.s thursday to ensure people get where they need to be this summer. and all this comes as average air ticket prices continue to pinch, up $100 compared to this time last year. is it fair to describe flying in america now as paying more for less? >> airlines are selling every seat they possibly can. people aren't being served as well as anybody wants, certainly not as well as passengers expect.

>> reporter: now, with the 4th of july holiday weekend fast approaching, there is no indication we have seen the last of these mass cancellations, so el expts suggest protecti yoursf,ook di routes, asigainful as this souns for some of us, show up at the airport an hour earlier than you're used to, norah, because commercial aviation remains as unpredictable as ever. >> o'donnell: you must know me, errol. i have trouble getting to the airport early. thank you. tonight, the youngest americans are another step closer to getting covid vaccines as soon as next week. the f.d.a. authorized vaccines by moderna and pfizer for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. the final decision will be made by the c.d.c., which could happen just this weekend. all right, in tonight's health watch, we will take a look at the growing crisis of medical debt in america. according to a kaiser family foundation poll, 25% of adults with medical debt owe more than $5,000. in a partnership with kaiser

health news, cbs' anna werner takes a look at the devastating costs it's having on family. >> reporter: jim and cindy powers' medical debt struggles began in 2004 when sidney required emergency surgery to repair a life-threatening abdominal obstruction. in the hospital she contracted mrsa, a potentially deadly bacterial infection, leading to 18 more surgeries over five years. >> it was frightening at times because i knew of at least three times where she died on the operating table and they had to restart her heart. >> reporter: stressful enough, but then... >> the bills started piling in. >> reporter: the bills, despite having insurance, nearly $50,000 worth, and then they learned there was more. >> a quarter million dollars. >> reporter: a quarter of a million dollars. >> yeah. >> reporter: that they expected you to pay? >> absolutely. >> reporter: so, in 2009, they filed for chapter 13 bankruptcy, allowing them to keep their

house, or so they thought. four years later, the bank foreclosed on their home. >> it just kept getting worsetiw and worse and worse. it was hopeless. >> reporter: many face similar situations. a poll by the kaiser family foundation finds in the past five years, more than half of u.s. adults have gone into debt because of medical or dental bills. nearly one in five say they don't expect to ever pay it off. >> it comes down to prices. care just costs so much more in the united states than almost anywhere else in the world. >> reporter: health policy researcher dr. aaron carroll. >> there are just very few people that can pay out of pocket for medical expenses. and even with insurance, unfortunately, it can be too much of a burden for average americans, and certainly lots of americans. >> reporter: a burden cindy powers carries daily. what's it like for you? >> guilt. shame. >> reporter: shame? >> yeah. >> reporter: shame for being sick? >> yeah. because i cost us so much money.

and so much heartache. >> reporter: but you couldn't control that. >> no. but the guilt and shame is still there. >> reporter: emotional and financial pain endured by too many. in greeley, colorado, anna werner, cbs news. part'donnell: well, our partners at kaiser health news have come up with some tips to help you deal with medical debt, like understand what your insurance covers. you can ask medical providers for financial assistance. never get one of those medical credit cards. and remember, you can negotiate with your medical providers. all right, well, it happened 50 years ago today, the watergate break-in that ultimately led to president richard nixon's resignation. our lesley stahl was a rookie cbs news reporter, assigned to the story, which was initially thought to be just a petty crime. >> reporter: very few news organizations thought it registered as a story at all,

but cbs had a sort of scentd a t about about this. the assignment editor sees a break-in at the national democratic committee and he looks around the newsroom and there's no one, so he sends the new kid. >> police arrested five men in the watergate with bugging equipment and copying cameras. >> reporter: they sent me to the arraignment. as the testimony went forward, you became more and more suspicious. there were $100 bills with consecutive numbers. these guys were cubans. you kept sitting up, thinking, my, this is not just third-rate burglary. >> o'donnell: well, there's a lot more from lesley in a "see it now" studio special. "watergate," it starts at 9:00 right here on cbs. i am watching that. still ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news," a disturbing confrontation caught on tape. two white men arrested for

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because he couldn't cut a piece of steak, couldn't sit up, couldn't, you know, put shoes on. >> reporter: plus, jake's goal in life had always been to play college hockey, and his parents couldn't imagine how long it would take him to find new purpose. they really couldn't imagine. jake had just found out he would likely never walk again when his high high school principal came to visit him in the hospital here. and whether jake got caught up in the moment or was simply in denial, he made a bold prediction that day: >> i don't remember much, but it vividly remember saying to him, "i will walk at graduation." >> reporter: what was that based on? >> i have no clue, honestly. i just said it. i said, "i'm going to walk at graduation." >> he was so positive. >> reporter: todd bland is head of the school milton academy outside of boston. >> at a moment like that you want to be encouraging, but not encouraging if that's something that can never happen. >> reporter: so he simply said, "that's wonderful, jake." said, "that's wonderful, jake." >> so >> so that just kind of became his goal. >> if i set something, i'm going

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